Can you receive Social security benefits if you are not a US citizen and you move outside the US?

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When we say you are outside the United States, we mean that you are not in one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands or American Samoa. Once you have been out of the United States. for at least 30 days in a row, you are considered to be outside the country until you return and stay in the United States for at least 30 days in a row. If you are not a U.S. citizen, you also may have to prove that you were lawfully present in the United States for that 30-day period.

If you are a citizen of one of the countries listed below, Social Security payments will keep coming no matter how long you stay outside the United States, as long as you are eligible for the payments.

If you are a citizen of one of the countries listed below, you also may receive your payments as long as you are outside the United States, unless you are receiving your payments as a dependent or survivor. In that case, there are additional requirements you have to meet.

If you are not a U.S. citizen or a citizen of one of the other countries listed above, your payments will stop after you have been outside the United States for six full calendar months unless you meet one of the following exceptions:

You were eligible for monthly Social Security benefits for December 1956; or

You are in the active military or naval service of the United States; or

The worker on whose record your benefits are based had railroad work treated as covered employment by the Social Security program; or

The worker on whose record your benefits are based died while in the U.S. military service or as a result of a service-connected disability and was not dishonorably discharged; or

You are a resident of a country with which the United States has a Social Security agreement.

However, the agreements with Austria, Belgium, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland permit you to receive benefits as a dependent or survivor of a worker while you reside in the foreign country. This is true only if the worker is (or was at the time of death) a U.S. citizen or a citizen of your country of residence; or

You are a citizen of one of one of the following countries, and the worker on whose record your benefits are based lived in the United States for at least 10 years or earned at least 40 credits under the U.S. Social Security system. If you are receiving benefits as a dependent or survivor, see additional requirements.

If you are not a citizen of one of the countries listed above, you cannot use this exception. If you are not a U.S. citizen and none of these exceptions applies to you, your payments will stop after you have been outside the United States for six full months. Once this happens, your payments cannot be started again until you come back and stay in the United States for a whole calendar month. You have to be in the United States on the first minute of the first day of a month and stay through the last minute of the last day of that month.

In addition, you may be required to prove that you have been lawfully present in the United States for the full calendar month. There are additional requirements for dependents of survivors. For more information, contact the nearest U.S. Embassy or consulate or Social Security office.

If you are not a U.S. citizen, you must have lived in the United States for at least five years. During that five years, the family relationship on which benefits are based must have existed. Children may meet this residency requirement on their own or may be considered as meeting the residency requirement if it is met by the worker and other parent (if any). However, children adopted outside the United States will not be paid outside the United States, even if the residency requirement is met. The residency requirement will not apply to you if you meet any of the following conditions:

You were initially eligible for monthly benefits before January 1, 1985; or

You are entitled on the record of a worker who died while in the U.S. military service or as a result of a service-connected disease or injury; or

Yes. Social Security is a federal program administered by the states, but the rules are the same regardless of your state of residence. Persons who qualify for SS benefits may… live where they choose and not lose their eligibility.

If you live in another country, you may still receive your Social Security check for the duration of your eligibility; however, there are some countries where US Government ch…ecks or deposits are prohibited or restricted. If you live in one of these countries, your benefits will stop until you relocate to an unrestricted country, at which time you will also receive any back payments missed. You cannot receive payments at all while living in Cuba or North Korea. You may be able to get an exception through the US Embassy under certain circumstances if you live in "Cambodia, Vietnam or areas that were in the former Soviet Union (other than Armenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia)." The SSA cannot send checks to a designated proxy.

No they can not. In order for a non us citizen to be able to work in the United States, they need to apply for and receive a work visa. That will allow them to get a job, and …may supply a temporary SSN.

Yes, under most circumstances, US citizens and legal residents who qualify to receive benefits will continue being paid if they move out of the United States; however, there a…re some countries where US Government checks or deposits are prohibited or restricted. If you live in one of these countries, your benefits will stop until you relocate to an unrestricted country, at which time you will also receive any back payments missed. The SSA cannot send checks to a designated proxy. You cannot receive payments at all while living in Cuba or North Korea. You usually can't receive benefits if you live in any other communist country, but you may be able to get an exception through the US Embassy if you live in "Cambodia, Vietnam or areas that were in the former Soviet Union (other than Armenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia)."